Poison Dwarfs

About

Poison Dwarfs emerged from Germany's shadowy corners in the cacophonous 1980s, a decade soaked in dissonance and industrial clangor. Between 1980 and 1989, they were a covert operation, orchestrating a series of lo-fi cassette releases and obscure magazine artifacts that resonated with the dark underbelly of the Neue Deutsche Welle movement. Their work, a cryptic dialogue with chaos, thrived on the self-released tapes like "Angst Und Ekstase" (1981) and "Wechselbad" (1983), where abstract soundscapes and found sound manipulation collided in ecstatic disarray. The 1989 release "Cut!" on IRRE Tapes marked a rare alignment with an external label, yet retained the project's saturated tape ethos — a last testament to their ephemeral existence. Poison Dwarfs' sound was a tectonic shift, an obliterating force that bypassed mainstream appeal in favor of saturated dissonant textures, drawing parallels with the likes of FunTastiKlons and Factrix. With Hans Castrup at the helm, their sonic architecture was a total immersion into an era where noise wasn't just heard; it was felt, overwhelming the senses and leaving an indelible mark on the underground landscape.